Curator's Take
This announcement marks a significant scaling milestone for Rigetti, tripling their qubit count from 36 to 108 qubits while maintaining their modular architecture approach. The deployment on Amazon Braket alongside their own QCS platform demonstrates the growing importance of cloud accessibility in making quantum computing resources available to a broader research and developer community. While raw qubit count isn't everything in quantum computing, this system puts Rigetti in closer competition with other major players and provides researchers with another substantial quantum processor for exploring algorithms that require larger qubit counts. The modular design philosophy could prove particularly valuable as the industry continues scaling toward fault-tolerant systems.
— Mark Eatherly
Summary
Rigetti Computing has announced the general availability of its Cepheus-1-108Q quantum computing system. The 108-qubit processor is accessible via the Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS) platform and Amazon Braket. This system represents a scaling of the company’s modular architecture, increasing the qubit count from its previous 36-qubit iteration. The deployment on Amazon Braket marks the [...] The post Rigetti Releases 108-Qubit Cepheus-1-108Q System via Cloud Platforms appeared first on Quantum Computing Report .